Friday, 27 January 2017

Demonbracket 2017 - Your full voting guide

Democracy has had a bad run recently, but Demonbracket 2017 is refreshingly free of Russian influence and ready to begin on Monday 30 January.This is the sixth time the competition has been held, and the draw was conducted under government supervision at an undisclosed location on the morning on Friday 27 January 2017. For more on the history of the tournament, please consult our preview show.

Rules

The voting criteria for each match-up is your personal business. It need not have anything to do with football if you don't want it to, but if does then the best of British luck to you. We won't ask questions, and nor should anyone else. If anyone tries to vote shame you denounce them on the internet.

Voting will be conducted between 0700 and 1900 AEDST unless otherwise noted

You must cast a valid vote for every match that day or none of your votes on that day's matches will count (I'll try and remind you where possible by there are no guarantees).

You must pick a winner in every match up. No half votes, no "I can't split them". Yes you can, and you must.

Non-MFC fans are more than welcome to vote as long as you follow all other rules

Players are more than welcome to use social media, real media or paid advertising to promote themselves. Outright bribery is not permitted.

Players may vote for themselves as long as they also vote in the other matchups of the day as per the above rules

In the event of a tie both players will advance to the next round, except in the case of the Grand Final where a replay will be held the following day.

If a match features three or more players and two or more tie for the most votes they will advance with all other players eliminated.

We reserve the right to refuse an excessive number of multiple votes from the same person using multiple accounts

Voting will once again be conducted in an open format (Twitter, BigFooty. and Facebook) to keep it interesting but if you're really keen on your privacy or have an intense hatred of social media you can email me daily via demonblogger AT gmail.com

The decision of the Demonbracket Organising Committee is final. Unless somebody takes us to the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lucerne.

2017 specific rule

The organising committee has determined that as Heritier Lumumba will remain a senior listed player in 2017 that he may participate in this event. Previously unavailable players to compete include Maia Westrupp, Jesse Hogan and Jake Melksham. If you don't like it don't vote for him.